Orange County, Florida: New American county. In 2024, voted D+14%. Democratic peak: D+92 in 1892.
Key facts
- 2024 presidential margin
- D+14MIT Election Lab
- Political typology
- New AmericanAkashic typology
- Population
- 1,471,9372024 5-year
- Median household income
- $79,7192024 5-year
- White (non-Hispanic)
- 42.0%2024 5-year
- Black
- 20.0%2024 5-year
- Hispanic / Latino
- 33.8%2024 5-year
- Peak Democratic margin
- D+92 in 1892MIT Election Lab
- Peak Republican margin
- R+60 in 1972MIT Election Lab
- Most similar
- Prince William County, VA · similarity 0.96
2024 results by precinct
2024 precinct map of Orange CountyPrecinct-level 2024 presidential results for Orange County, with each precinct boundary colored by Democratic-vs-Republican margin.
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Margin—
Turnout—
Harris +50Trump +50
Real precinct boundaries. Hover for vote totals.
presidential history
Presidential margin, 1876–2024
Democratic minus Republican, by election
| Year | Margin (D minus R) |
|---|---|
| 1876 | No data |
| 1880 | No data |
| 1884 | +25.4% |
| 1888 | No data |
| 1892 | +92.1% |
| 1896 | +29.9% |
| 1900 | +32.9% |
| 1904 | +44.8% |
| 1908 | +29.0% |
| 1912 | +55.8% |
| 1916 | +48.2% |
| 1920 | +16.0% |
| 1924 | +5.6% |
| 1928 | −42.0% |
| 1932 | +16.1% |
| 1936 | +24.9% |
| 1940 | +22.0% |
| 1944 | +15.3% |
| 1948 | −7.4% |
| 1952 | −42.1% |
| 1956 | −44.1% |
| 1960 | −42.0% |
| 1964 | −12.2% |
| 1968 | −28.1% |
| 1972 | −59.5% |
| 1976 | −9.2% |
| 1980 | −27.0% |
| 1984 | −42.9% |
| 1988 | −36.6% |
| 1992 | −11.0% |
| 1996 | −0.2% |
| 2000 | +2.0% |
| 2004 | +0.2% |
| 2008 | +18.6% |
| 2012 | +18.2% |
| 2016 | +24.7% |
| 2020 | +23.1% |
| 2024 | +13.6% |
DemocraticRepublican
38 presidential elections
| Year | Won | Margin | Democratic | Republican | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| D | 340,726 | 258,254 | 607,092 | ||
| D | 395,014 | 245,398 | 647,403 | ||
| D | 329,894 | 195,216 | 546,275 | ||
| D | 273,665 | 188,589 | 466,359 | ||
| D | 273,009 | 186,832 | 462,711 | ||
| D | 193,354 | 192,539 | 388,044 | ||
| D | 140,236 | 134,531 | 280,155 | ||
| R | 105,539 | 106,059 | 231,126 | ||
| R | 82,683 | 108,788 | 237,011 | ||
| R | 54,023 | 117,237 | 172,770 | ||
| R | 48,752 | 122,068 | 170,985 | ||
| R | 48,767 | 87,454 | 143,219 | ||
| R | 58,442 | 70,451 | 130,437 | ||
| R | 23,840 | 94,516 | 118,777 | ||
| R | 22,548 | 50,874 | 100,669 | ||
| R | 38,248 | 48,884 | 87,132 | ||
| R | 19,729 | 48,244 | 67,973 | ||
| R | 14,532 | 37,482 | 52,014 | ||
| R | 12,141 | 29,813 | 41,954 | ||
| R | 10,063 | 11,971 | 25,652 | ||
| D | 12,008 | 8,826 | 20,834 | ||
| D | 12,821 | 8,198 | 21,019 | ||
| D | 7,314 | 4,394 | 11,708 | ||
| D | 4,877 | 3,522 | 8,399 | ||
| R | 2,616 | 6,524 | 9,315 | ||
| D | 1,883 | 1,653 | 4,108 | ||
| D | 2,035 | 1,447 | 3,668 | ||
| D | 1,261 | 415 | 1,757 | ||
| D | 1,256 | 228 | 1,843 | ||
| D | 952 | 485 | 1,609 | ||
| D | 874 | 315 | 1,247 | ||
| D | 857 | 402 | 1,385 | ||
| D | 1,086 | 565 | 1,740 | ||
| D | 1,142 | 0 | 1,240 | ||
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| D | 1,867 | 1,110 | 2,977 | ||
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Demographics
2024 ACS
Race, ethnicity, and ancestry
Click any group to see the ancestries typically reported within it.
American
8.7%
German
6.5%
English
6.3%
Irish
5.9%
Italian
4.5%
Polish
1.5%
French
1.3%
African American
16.0%
Multiple ancestry combinations reported; no single grouping above 1%.
American Indian, Alaska Native, Native Hawaiian, and Pacific Islander combined.
Source · American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2024 release. Hispanic/Latino is an ethnicity that overlaps the race categories, so these shares can total more than 100%. Ancestry is a self-reported, multiple-response item; ancestry percentages do not sum to the parent race percentage.
2024 ACS
Age distribution by sex
Median age: 36.6 in this county, 39.1 nationally
Male
Age
Female
85+
75–84
65–74
55–64
45–54
35–44
25–34
18–24
5–17
<5
Source · American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2024 release.
2024 ACS
Median household income
Inflation-adjusted dollars
$79,719
Orange County ranks in the top 25% of US counties.
Orange County$79,719
Florida$74,568
United States$80,734
Orange County ranks in the top 25% of US counties by median household income.
Source · American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2024 release.
2024 ACS
Poverty rate
All persons below federal poverty line
13.0%
Children face moderate poverty.
Children under 1816.6%
Working age (18–64)11.9%
Seniors (65+)14.2%
Source · American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2024 release.
2024 ACS
Language at home
Population aged 5 and older
61.5%
speak English only
Spanish26.2%
Other Indo-European8.2%
Asian & Pacific Islander2.8%
Other languages1.2%
Source · ACS 5-year estimates, 2024.
2020 religion census
Religious adherents
Adherents per capita by tradition
Source · 2020 US Religion Census. Remaining 50.9% of residents not counted as adherents by any reporting body.
Orange County anchors Florida's I-4 corridor and has trended consistently Democratic since 2008, driven by rapid population growth among Latino and college-educated residents around the Orlando metro core.
Orange County has leaned Democratic in recent presidential elections, reaching a Democratic margin of ninety-two points in 1892. Between 2020 and 2024 it moved ten points toward the Republican candidate — part of the sharpest rightward shift recorded among any group of places in the country.
Its demographics describe the shift: a 42% non-Hispanic-white share, a median household income of $79,719, and a population of 1,471,937. The county's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of Prince William County and Lake County.
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Frequently asked questions
How did Orange County, Florida vote in 2024?
In 2024, Orange County, Florida voted Democratic by 13.6 points (D+14), carried by the Democratic candidate. Out of 607,092 votes cast, 340,726 went Democratic and 258,254 went Republican.
What is Orange County, Florida's political typology?
Akashic places Orange County, Florida in the "New American" typology — Communities where a large share of households speak a language other than English — multilingual, Democratic-leaning overall, yet the hardest-swinging bloc toward the Republican Party in 2024. The typology is a data-driven cluster built from vote share, vote swing, race and ethnicity, income, language spoken at home, religion, and ancestry. Across 38 elections in the dataset, the county has voted Democratic 21 times, Republican 14 times, and other 0 times.
When did Orange County, Florida last vote Republican?
The most recent presidential election in which Orange County, Florida voted Republican was 1996.
How many people live in Orange County, Florida?
Orange County, Florida has a population of 1,471,937 according to the 2024 American Community Survey 5-year estimates from the US Census Bureau.
What is the median household income in Orange County, Florida?
Median household income in Orange County, Florida is $79,719 — below the national median of $80,734. The Florida state median is $74,568.
What is the political history of Orange County, Florida?
Akashic tracks 38 presidential elections in Orange County, Florida from 1876 to 2024. Of those, 21 went Democratic and 14 went Republican. The county's typology — "New American" — captures where that record, its demographics, and its recent swing place it among American communities.